Surname Šivalec in modern Croatia

Šivalec families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zabok and in Zabok area. In Temovec in Zabok area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Šivalec.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Šivalec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 15 other places, mostly in Temovec in Zabok area (55), Zabok (20), Jakusevec Zabocki (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Donja Pacetina in Zabok area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Šivalec (including: Shivalec , Sivalec ) is present in two countries on two continents. "Shivalec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šivalec, Mirjana Šivalec, Zvonko Šivalec, Marija Šivalec, Željko Šivalec, Milena Šivalec, Tomica Šivalec, Ivica Šivalec, Kata Šivalec, Miroslav Šivalec, Mario Šivalec, Nikola Šivalec, Nenad Šivalec, Stjepan Šivalec, August Šivalec, Renato Šivalec, Vesna Šivalec, Božidar Šivalec, Božena Šivalec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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